It's much more important to be interested than to be interesting.

Trying to understand the fear I had of truly opening my heart - first, you have to be whole to do that. The fears, the voices in my mind saying, "Oh, you don't want to do that, you might get hurt, they might abandon you - "those are ghost voices from my mom and dad.

You spend all your life trying to do something they put people in asylums for.

I was shocked into the realization that I myself had played an unwitting role as a movie star and sex symbol in perpetrating the stereotypes that affected women all over the world.

I don't think it's natural for two people to swear to be together for the rest of their lives.

I'm a very brave person. I can go to North Vietnam, I can challenge my government, but I can't challenge the man I'm with if means I'm going to end up alone.

When you're told to be good, you have to get rid of whatever is bad. I sure identify with that.